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Mark Zuckerberg outlines changes to Meta's corporate values, including “Move Fast Together”, “Live in the Future”, and “Meta, Metamates, Me” — Meta. Metamates. Me. — At a virtual all-hands meeting on Tuesday, Facebook escalated its attempts …
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Google announces early access to Chrome OS Flex, a version of Chrome OS for businesses and schools that is designed to run on old PCs and Macs — It's made for schools and businesses — Google has announced early access to a new version of Chrome OS called Chrome OS Flex.
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Tweets: @kdrag0n, @sundarpichai, @dsccross, @suka_hiroaki, @film_girl, @conpower, @mishaalrahman, and @googleforedu
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Facebook rebrands News Feed to just Feed after more than 15 years — The ‘News Feed’ is now just the ‘Feed’ — Meta is changing the name of Facebook's News Feed, the primary part of the service that users scroll through to see what their friends and family have shared.
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| DKB: |
Google search quality is declining because of too many ads, SEO, and “smart” AI, prompting people to append “reddit” to queries to get more authentic results — Reddit is currently the most popular search engine. The only people who don't know that are the team at Reddit …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Roblox misses with Q4 revenue of $568.8M vs. $604M est., up 83% YoY, average DAUs of 49.5M, up 33% YoY, and average bookings per DAU of $15.57; stock down 14%+ — Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, reported its bookings for the fourth quarter ended December 31 were $770.1 million …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft rolls out the Amazon Appstore Preview, offering over 1,000 Android apps, in the Microsoft Store, alongside other tweaks to Windows 11 — Last October, Microsoft began testing Android apps on Windows 11 PCs in partnership with Amazon and its app store.
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| IEEE Spectrum: |
Blind patients with Second Sight's electronic retinal implants are in danger of losing their artificial vision as the tech becomes obsolete and unsupported — Second Sight left users of its retinal implants in the dark — Barbara Campbell was walking through a New York City subway station during rush hour … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter expands a beta test of Safety Mode, which temporarily blocks accounts using harmful language in replies, to 50% of users in the US and 5 other markets — Twitter is broadening access to a feature called Safety Mode, designed to give users a set of tools to defend themselves …
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| Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat: |
Akamai says it will acquire cloud hosting company Linode, which positions itself as an AWS alternative for SMBs and independent developers, for $900M — Akamai Technologies announced today it has reached an agreement to acquire infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform provider Linode …
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DCD, Silicon Republic, Linode, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Protocol, CRN, iTnews, ZDNet, Slashdot, and IT Management
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| Keerthi Vedantam / dot.LA: |
Terray Therapeutics, which specializes in AI-enabled drug discovery, emerges from stealth with a $60M Series A led by Madrona Venture Group — After three years in stealth mode, a Pasadena biotech startup has emerged with $60 million and, it believes, a new way to create drugs.
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PR Newswire, Madrona Venture Group, FinSMEs, MedCity News, and GeekWire
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out Docs updates, including a pageless format announced in May 2021, AI-powered summaries, and Maps embedded previews — One of the first major announcements at I/O 2021 was Google's initiative to offer a more integrated and interactive Workspace experience.
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| Rafaela Lindeberg / Bloomberg: |
Ericsson CEO says the company might have made payments to ISIS to gain access to transport routes in Iraq in 2018, causing shares to drop by over 8.5% — Ericsson may have made payments to the ISIS terror organization to gain access to certain transport routes in Iraq, in a shock admission following years of regulatory investigations.
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Engadget, ICIJ, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, Financial Times, and Reuters
Tweets: @daniburgz, @nicfildes, @aggichristiane, and @tbraithwaite
| Cissy Zhou / Financial Times: |
Chinese online streaming service Bilibili plans to hire 1,000 censors after the death of a 25-year-old worker; Bilibili had 2,413 censors at the end of 2020 — Content monitoring team to be increased 40% amid debate on overwork — Chinese online video streaming service Bilibili plans … | Financial Times: |
Sources: the UK Home Office is seeking changes to the Online Safety Bill to require platforms monitor “legal but harmful” content, worrying the tech industry — Radical powers in online bill would increase liability of global internet groups beyond current global regulation
Tweets: @tim, @rasmus_kleis, @pmdfoster, @matthewlesh, @sjhmorris, @dom_hallas, @utilit_aria, @jimkillock, @webdevlaw, @martinsfp, @muradahmed, and @daveleeft
| Meagan Simpson / BetaKit: |
Canadian startup Paper, which offers educational tools to K-12 schools in the US and Canada, raises a $270M Series D, bringing its total funding to ~$391M — Paper doubled the number of students on its platform to two million since last year. — On a mission to “democratize access” …
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PR Newswire, Sapphire Ventures, Paper Blog, and FinSMEs
| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D) and Marsha Blackburn (R) unveil the Kids Online Safety Act, requiring platforms offer users under 16 extra safety and privacy tools — A bipartisan pair of senators on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping bill that aims to give parents more control over their children's time online …
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| Margaret Harding McGill / Axios: |
Alan Davidson, the new NTIA head overseeing federal spending on broadband, says his agency will soon launch a review of competition in the mobile app ecosystem — The new leader of a little-known agency within the Commerce Department starts the job tasked with connecting every American to the internet … | Farah Elbahrawy / Bloomberg: |
Digital security company Elm, owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, rises 30% in its Riyadh trading debut to $44.30 after raising $820M in its IPO — Elm Co., a digital security firm owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, surged 30% in its trading debut.
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| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Next-day package delivery startup Veho raises a $170M Series B led by Tiger Global at a $1.5B valuation, two months after raising a $125M Series A — Two months after taking on a monster $125 million Series A that propelled the company into unicorn territory, package delivery company Veho …
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PR Newswire, PYMNTS.com, Benzinga, FreightWaves, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, Crunchbase News, and PitchBook
| Neil Munshi / Financial Times: |
Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave raises a $250M Series D at a $3B valuation, making it Africa's most valuable startup, led by B Capital — Payments company becomes the most valuable start-up in Africa as investors bet on continent's scene — Nigerian payments company Flutterwave has raised $250mn …
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PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, Finextra, Reuters, Flutterwave Blog, Disrupt Africa, and TechCabal
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Funding Societies, a digital financing platform for SMBs in Southeast Asia, raises a $144M Series C+ led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and $150M in debt — Small businesses are the backbone of Southeast Asia's economy, but many struggle to secure working capital loans because they don't have …
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Finextra, Nikkei Asia, Bloomberg, DealStreetAsia, Tech in Asia, and Tech in Asia
| Oliver Smith / AltFi: |
UK-based mobile-only bank Atom Bank raises £75M+ at a £435M valuation, after raising £40M in April 2021, as the startup plans its IPO — Round sees the bank valued at £435m ahead of listing. — After shifting to a 4-day working week last month, lender Atom Bank has raised … | Andy Bounds / Financial Times: |
The European Commission approves plans for a €6B satellite internet system to rival SpaceX and others, despite previous objections from its internal watchdog — Brussels seeks standalone coverage despite internal watchdog previously raising doubts over proposalsSponsor Posts
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